Mom,
Thank you for the life you have lived, and for the love you have given us, and that we now share as your greatest gift to us.
You were a devoted daughter to your mother Anna, a loyal and loving sister to Joe, Mamie, Kitty & Robby. You were an adored young Aunt to Johnny, Joey & Susie. You were loved by and loved your husband Richie deeply and faithfully. You & Richie were an excellent couple and the strength of your union created three wonderful and uniquely different children. Virginia, Tim & Rich know they were loved and cared for by a tender, devoted and inexhaustible mother who did her very best to raise three happy, healthy and (fairly) well-adjusted kids.
The road from here to there, however, is never simple. Your life was long, filled with love and joy and yet also difficult, painful and late in life, lonely.
It has been said that, "Life is made up of little things. It is very rarely that an occasion is offered for doing a great deal at once. True greatness consists of being great in little things." Isn't that the definition of a good parent?
Your children, your children's children and the family & friends gathered to pay respect & express their love for you, pray for you to enjoy the peace that comes from leaving your worldly cares behind as you are joyfully re united with your Richie, your soul mate, the one and only "other half" of your heart. Rest in peace Mom.